AfDB approves $1489 million private sector credit enhancement facility
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank…
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Empower women to help save Africa from climate change
Africa must unlock the power of its women and girls if it is to adapt to climate change,…
Mauritius tops Africa online shopping readiness ranking
Mauritius has been ranked the most prepared country in Africa for shopping online, according to UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C)…
Economic integration reduces multidimensional poverty in Africa
Economic integration is a game-changing reality and African countries must fully embrace it to achieve sustainable inclusive development…
Kuriftu goes continental pioneered by ex-Ethiopian refugee in Sudan
By Adualem Sisay Gessesse – Born in Arsi and grown up in Desse area of Ethiopia, Mr. Tadiwos,…
Africa’s accelerated economic growth comes to an end
Africa’s “easy decade” of accelerated economic growth is coming to an end, and only accelerated job creation and…
Africa50 lauches report on investing in natural gas in Africans
Africa50, in partnership with Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has announced the U.S. launch of the gas report Investing…
Africa urges private sector to invest in transboundary infrastructure
A senior adviser on regional integration and trade at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has…
UN agency urges African countries to sign the Luxembourg Protocol
Railways are the key to open and free trade across Africa and their development is critical to the…
Addis Ababa to host continental trade meeting
African countries seeking to reduce the cost, time and complexity of interregional and international trade in goods will…
UN advices Africa to utilize untapped tourism potential
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Kigali, Rwanda – A study conducted commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission…
Orange, MTN launch pan-African mobile money
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group, today announced a…
Why Africa implements continental free trade area
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Kigali, Rwanda – It has been eight months since 44 African countries subscribed…
African Development Bank launches Africa Energy Portal
The African Development Bank has launched the Africa Energy Portal (AEP) at the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg,…
African trade agreement: Catalyst for growth
By Vera Songwe and Mamadou Biteye – Africa is growing, but not fast enough. In order for more…
Contraception use growing fastest in Africa
A new report shows use of contraception growing fastest in Africa, with 24% of women of reproductive age…
Portuguese speaking countries set sight on $5 billion projects
Portuguese speaking have identified a pipeline of more than $5 billion in private sector and private-public partnership (PPP)…
Standard Bank wins best Africa private bank award
Standard Bank Wealth and Investment has won the Best Private Bank for Customer Service in Africa for the…
Africa oil & gas industry outlook improves
The outlook for Africa’s oil & gas industry is positive amid difficult operating and economic headwinds. Tough economic…
Finance Institutions Join Forces to ‘Deliver As One For Africa’
The African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday made an impassioned call for investors to join the…
Report advises Africa to avoid demographic time bomb
Africa could be home to a billion angry, under-fed, under-educated and under-employed children and young people by 2050,…
Mastercard launches new fund for young Africans
The Mastercard Foundation on Thursday announced a new fund that enables young changemakers to seed and kick-start promising…
Cape Town to host Africa’s early stage investor summit
Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the 5th Africa Early…
Partners to provide E-Learning for African Financial Institutions in Africa
The Trade Finance Division of the African Development Bank and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), have…
African leaders advised to exploit the ‘new oil’
African leaders are advised to exploit statistics, the ‘new oil’. “Statistics is the new oil that our leaders…
Canada to host business forum on Africa
Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) and Mining Suppliers Trade Association Canada (MSTA Canada) is set to host the…
African Development Bank, African Trade Insurance Agency, UK reinsurers launch credit insurance deal
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) announce the successful completion of a $500…
Africa endorses continental report on population, development
Ministers and senior government officials-in-charge of population in Africa met in Accra, Ghana, recently and endorsed a continental…
Innovative finance, new technology connect underserved populations
New technology and blended finance will help to bridge the “last mile” of the infrastructure gap by getting…
Ethiopian Airlines pioneers 1st GEnx Engine repair in Africa
Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services, the largest and oldest aircraft maintenance centre in Africa, has become the first…